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Though Baltimore's emergency planners have long known that a devastating chemical accident could occur in the train tunnel under Howard Street, the city's 440-page emergency plan does not address such a problem and never mentions the tunnel. The plan, required by federal law, has no provision for responding to chemical accidents involving trucks or trains, even though city Fire Marshal William E. Martin said yesterday: "Most of my worry is about transportation accidents, because they can happen anywhere." Last week, that worry became reality, when a 60-car CSX freight train hauling toxic chemicals derailed, setting off a disastrous domino effect: a fire that burned...

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Though Baltimore's emergency planners have long known that a devastating chemical accident could occur in the train tunnel under Howard Street, the city's 440-page emergency plan does not address such a problem and never mentions the tunnel.
The plan,...